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Patented A-ug. I5, 1899..

No. 63l,236..

F. W. STUART.

(No Model.)

' 3M1 esss." v I /E IIEIK- W W- 4 I I UNITED STATES PATENT FRED \V.STUART, OF BEVERLY, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOB TO CLINTON V. MASON, OFSALEM, MASSACHUSETTS.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 631,236, dated August15, 1899.

Application. filed April 10, 1899. Serial No. 712,393. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRED W. STUART, a citizen of the United States,residing at Beverly, in the county of Essex'and State of Massachusetts,have invented new and useful Improvements in Lasts, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to transversely-divided lasts composed of afore-part section and a heel section, one of which is movable on aninclined plane relative to the other, so

as to causethe heel-section when moved upwardly to move forwardsufficiently to shorten the last, and thus enable the boot or shoe to I5 be readily removed from the last.

My present invention consistsv in a simple and effective device forholding the two parts of the last connected together and a device forlimiting the motion of the heel-section relative to the fore-partsection, as will hereinafter be more fully shown and described,referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, wherein- Figure 1 represents apartial section and 2 5 partial side elevation of the last embodying myimprovements. Fig. 2 represents a partial top plan and section of thesame; and

' Fig. 3 represents a side elevation of my-improved last, showing theheel-section moved so upward relative to the fore-part section duringthe removal of the boot or shoe.

Similar letters refer to similar parts wherever they occur on thedifferent parts of the drawings.

In the drawings, A represents the fore-part section, and B representsthe heel-section, said sections being divided on the inclined plane orbearing-surface C, as shown in the drawings, for the purpose as aboveset forth.

D is a cylindrical groove formed in the rear end of the fore-partsection A and extending from the top to the bottom thereof. Thiscylindrical groove constitutes, in fact, a' dovetail groove and receivesa metal bar E, semi- 5 cylindrical in section and which constitutes adovetail bar. This bar is secured to the inclined front face of theheel-section B through the medium of the upper and lower pins or screwsF F passing through the bar near its upper and lower ends and secured inthe heelsection. The pins or screws have heads that project into thecylindrical dovetail groove and constitute upper and lower rigid stopsadapted to strike the inner end of a fixed stop-pin G, inserted througha horizontal orifice in the top portion of the fore-part section A andhaving its inner end extending into the groove D between the upper andlower stops formed by the heads of the bar-attaching pins or screws. Thesaid pin Gr serves as a stop against the upper stop F when theheelsection B is moved downward into its normal position, as representedin Fig. 1, and the said pin G serves as a stop against the lower stop Fwhen the heel-section B is moved upward to the position shown in Fig. 3,thus allowing adjustment of the said last-sections and preventing theirbeing entirely disconnected from each other.

The invention is very simple in construction, is composed of a very fewparts, and can be manufactured at a very small expense as compared withother devices for this purpose.

Having thus fully described the nature,construction, and operation of myinvention, I wish to secure by Letters Patent and claim 1. A last,consisting of the fore-part section having an inclined rear end providedwith'a dovetail groove, the heel-section having a front inclined face, adovetail bar on said face for engaging with the dovetail groove,barattaching pins passing through the end portions of the dovetail barinto the heel-section and having projecting heads extending into saiddovetail groove and constituting upper and lower stops, and a stop-pinrigidly fixed in' the fore-part section and extending into said dovetailgroove between said upper and lower stops, substantially as described.

2. A last, consisting of a fore-part section having a cylindrical groovein its rear end and an orifice in its top portion, a heel-section, a barsemicylindrical in cross section arranged on the front face of theheel-section to engage the cylindrical groove, bar-attaching pinspassing through the end portions of the bar and having heads projectinginto the cylindrical groove and constituting upper and my hand inpresence of two subscribing witlower stops, and a pin rigidly fixed inthe nesses. orifice in the top portion of the fore-part sec- 1 ntionandextendingintosaidcylindricalgroove FRED S1 UARI' 5 between theupper and lower stops, substan- XVitnesses:

tially as described.

ALBAN ANDREN, LAURITZ N. MoLLER.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set

